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Friday, April 13, 2018

Elizabeth Warren calls on Israel to show restraint in Gaza - JTA

by JTA

US Senator asks Israel to 'respect rights of Palestinians to peacefully protest' after violent riots at Gaza border fence.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Reuters

JTA - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on the Israeli
government to respect the rights of Palestinian Arab protesters on the
Gaza border.

Warren, D-Mass., made the call in a statement sent to The Intercept on Wednesday, the online news publication reported the following day.

“I am deeply concerned about the deaths and injuries in Gaza,” Warren
said. “As additional protests are planned for the coming days, the
Israel Defense Forces should exercise restraint and respect the rights
of Palestinians to peacefully protest.”

In addition to Warren, who has been cited as a possible presidential
candidate in 2020, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a Jewish lawmaker who ran
in 2016 for the Democratic presidential nomination, late last month
tweeted his criticism of Israel’s use of force during border
demonstrations and called the killing of Gaza protesters “tragic.”

Three other members of Congress, all Democrats, have publicly voiced
concerns about Israeli conduct toward protesters in Gaza: Sen. Patrick
Leahy of Vermont; Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota; and Rep. Barbara Lee
of California, according to The Intercept.

The Intercept said that Democratic and Republican lawmakers
on Capitol Hill contacted by the news magazine would not condemn the
killings of protesters or the Israeli military’s attempts to disperse
them. Some lawmakers said they did not know enough about the incidents
and others put the onus back on the Palestinian Arabs, it reported.

On two successive recent Fridays, Palestinian Arab protesters have
gathered at the border with Israel demanding the right to return to
lands they claim their ancestors held. Israeli forces have fired on the
protesters, killing at least 30, saying they are backed by Hamas and
some have been violent, including throwing rocks and burning tires as a
smokescreen so some may cross the border.JTASource: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/244357 Follow Middle East and Terrorism on TwitterCopyright - Original materials copyright (c) by the authors.

1 comment:

Riots with smoke screen and explosives to allow penetration of the border fence, is NOT a peaceful demonstration. There is no "Right of return". It was lost when the 7 Arab Nations refused the UN partition in 1948 and went to WAR. They gambled and lost. Gambling losses are not returnable-- All of the land governed by Israel now is "RECOVERED" land. It was illegally captured by the Romans, the Turks; The UK gave a majority of the land to the Jordanians, who ILLEGALLY occupied it after the defeat of the Turks. Better for Elizabeth to comment on the unfair treatment of native Indians in the USA than the Middle East.